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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 1 (January 8, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-1)

Selected article titles: "Chicago City Agency Will Fight Race Bias in Burials" (p. 1), "Dean Acheson Proud of Role as JACL Counsel in Test Cases" (p. 1), "Truman Reaffirms Civil Rights Program In Talk to Congress" (p. 1), "U.S. District Court Hears Fujizawa's Attempt to Win Recognition of Citizenship. Served as Interpreter During War at POW …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 40 No. 14 (April 8, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-14)

Selected article titles: "Vice-Pres. Nixon greets EDC-MDC convention delegations" (p. 1), "JACL praised for effective legislative work ridding racial barriers against Japanese at EDC-MDC banquet" (p. 1), "Contributions of Nisei to improve understanding between U.S.-Japan outlined by State Dept. official" (p. 2), "Mixed marriage law ruling sought as white, part-Nisei pair seek license" (p. 2), "Issei …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, March 11, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-79)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics discussed include membership cards for keeping track of chapter members, and holding more social activities to generate interest in the JACL. President Higashi summarizes some of the goals of the chapter, which include gaining recognition from national headquarters, the first generation of Japanese immigrants in …

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Collection South Bay JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-densho-400)

This collection consists of interviews conducted by the South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League as part of the South Bay History Project. The project seeks to preserve the history of Japanese American settlement in the greater South Bay community, a Southern California region south of Playa Del Rey and north of Long Beach. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 2040 (April 27, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-16)

Selected article titles: "San Francisco Nakao Murder Trial Interests JACL" (pp. 1, 12), "U.S. Civil Rights Commission Zeroes in on Asian/Pacific American Issues" (p. 2), "Happenings During Heritage Week: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week May 4 - 10" (p. 6), and "George Y. Yasuda, 96, Recalls Being Pres. Taft's Honor Guard" (p. 11).

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doc JACL Public Relations Committee sugguestions (ddr-densho-280-42)

This document was written after the JACL's 16th Biennial National Convention in Sacramento, California. The document details their PR practices and offers suggestions for future conventions.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 25 (November 19, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-24)

Selected article titles: "Legality of Military Curfew Order on U.S. Nisei Citizens Questioned by Federal Judge" (p. 1), "Democracy in Action: JACL Leaders Discuss Problems" (p. 1), "Yasui Prefers Soldier's Death To Life in Relocation Center" (p. 1), "Challenging Discrimination Will Help Win War, Declares Wirin" (p. 2), "U.S. Nisei Battalion Trains For War Combat Duty …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 29 (December 17, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-28)

Selected article titles: "Army, WRA Take Swift Action To Segregate Instigators of Recent Manzanar Disturbance" (p. 1), "WRA Moves Nisei Leaders to Death Valley" (p. 1), "JACL Will Enter Court Case On Nisei Citizenship Rights" (p. 1), "Coast Newspapers Comment on Manzanar" (p. 2), "Korematsu Case Briefs Filed in U.S. District Appeals Court" (p. 2), "L.A. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 17 (April 29, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-17)

Selected article titles: "Mrs. Roosevelt Urges Release of Loyal Nisei. First Lady Visits Gila River Center, Finds No Evidence of Coddling of Evacuees By WRA" (p. 1), "National JACL to File Briefs in Evacuation Test Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court" (p. 1), "Leupp Camp To Be Used in Segregation" (p. 1), "WRA Removes Nisei Farmers From …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 24 (June 17, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-24)

Selected article titles: "JACL Counsel Asks Fair Play For Loyal Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Myer Condemns 'Irresponsible' Statements by Dies Committee" (p. 1), California Refuses to Pay Unemployment Benefits To Evacuees" (p. 1), "Chester Rowell Terms Attack On Nisei 'Hysterical Nonsense'" (p. 1), "Dies Group Announces It Will Investigate 'Pacific Citizen'" (p. 3), "Evacuee Refutes Charge …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 23 (June 10, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-23)

Selected article titles: "Myer Refuses Dies Committee Request to Halt Resettlement; Asks Restraint on Investigation" (p. 1), "JACL Will Contest Legality of Restrictive Law in Arizona" (p. 1), "Veterans Will Urge Retention of Gen. DeWitt" (p. 2), "Don't Expect Any Picnic, Says Letter from Private at Shelby" (p. 3), "Racial Equality is Termed Test of Democracy" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 6 (February 11, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-6)

Selected article titles: "President Roosevelt Endorses Army's Action Reopening War Services for Nisei" (p. 1), "Hawaii Fills Quota for Army's Nisei Combat Team; Volunteers Jam Territory's Draft Offices" (p. 1), "British Columbia Seeks to Prevent Nisei Education" (p. 1), "Wirin Will Be JACL Counsel In Court Tests" (p. 1), "Wakayama Case Will Be Test Of Army's …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 5 (August 5, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-32)

Selected article titles: "120 Japanese Americans Killed in Italy" (p. 1), "Jewish Group Urges Justice for Evacuees" (p. 1), "Portland Vandals Desecrate Japanese Cemetery; Officer Blames Adults for Crime" (p. 1), "New Security Force Elected at Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Strike Threat by AFL Group Halts Employment of Evacuees" (p. 2), "Hunger Strike Ended by Tule …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 21 (May 25, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-21)

Selected article titles: "World War II Vets May Bolt Spokane VFW" (p. 1), "Enlistments in Army Air Corps Opened to Japanese American Group as Wartime Ban Lifted" (p. 1), "First Canadian Deportees Will Sail Next Week" (p. 1), "Court Suit Seeks to Restrain Japanese American Family From Occupying L.A. Home" (p. 3), "JACL Official Charges Water …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 3 (July 20, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-29)

Selected article titles: "President Truman Honors Nisei Troops. 6,000 Rain-Soaked Spectators Look on as Chief Executive Reviews Famed Combat Team" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Dismisses Court Petition by Renunciants to Regain American Citizenship" (p. 1), "Plans Changed, Combat Team To Be Deactivated in Hawaii" (p. 2), "JACL Group Will Undertake Active Program Against Race Prejudice Faced …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 10 (March 9, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-10)

Selected article titles: "JACL National Convention Urges Citizenship for Issei. Delegates Vote to Retain Headquarters in Salt Lake City; Seek Evacuation Compensation" (p. 1), "Restrictions on Hawaii, U.S. Mainland Travel Lifted for Oriental American Veterans" (p. 1), "247 Renunciants at Tule Lake Join 1000 Others in Filing Petition to Regain U.S. Rights" (p. 3), "Report Renunciant …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 25 (June 28, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-26)

Selected article titles: "House Group Favors Evacuee Claims Bill. Proposal Redrafted to Give Justice Department Authority In Indemnification Program" (p. 1), "House Committee Approves Bill To Stay Deportation of Aliens" (p. 1), "Utah Governor Hails Citizenship Of Nisei Residents of State" (p. 2), "House Will Vote on Citizenship for Parents of Nisei War Dead" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 8 (August 30, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-35)

Selected article titles: "Restrictive Covenants Bar Disabled Nisei from Housing" (p. 1), "JACL Asks Canada Embassy To Investigate Exclusion of Nisei Seamen from Vancouver" (p. 1), "Stranded Nisei Protest Seizure of Property" (p. 1), "Deadline For Filing Claims Against Japanese Banks in U.S. Extended Indefinitely" (p. 2), "California Supreme Court Refuses to Intervene in Restrictive Covenant …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 3 (January 21, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-3)

Selected article titles: "State, Justice Departments Set Procedure to Restore Citizenship to Renunciants" (p. 1), "JACL Moves to Alleviate Job Bias Against Nisei. Plan Program of Cooperative Activity With U.S. Employment Service to Reduce Prejudice" (p. 1), "Report High Employer Bias Against California Orientals" (p. 1), "Washington Survey Discloses Prejudices of White Residents Toward Non-Caucasian Group" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 8 (September 1, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-35)

Selected article titles: "Report Hawaii Nisei Leaders Oppose Communist Attempt To Infiltrate Democratic Party. Four Persons of Japanese Ancestry Reported Among Seven Territorial Community Party Officials Arrested by FBI in Honolulu" (p. 1), "Masaoka May Request JACL To Lead National Campaign Against Cemetery Race Bans" (p. 1), "Red Tape Slows Program to Expedite Claims Payments" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 22 (December 8, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-49)

Selected article titles: "Senate Majority Leader Backs Issei Citizenship" (p. 1), "President Truman Sets Up New Committee to Help Bar Bias in Defense Work" (p. 1), "JACL ADC Official Hails Role of Issei Pioneers" (p. 1), "Los Angeles Family Gets Check for Damages in Restrictive Covenants Case" (p. 3), "Masaoka Hails Courage Shown By Friends of …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 14 (April 7, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-14)

Selected article titles: "Rule Terminal Isle Group Eligible Under Claims Act. Precedent-Setting Adjudication Reverses Earlier Contention Held by Justice Department" (p. 1), "Masaoka Asks Action to Speed Payment of Evacuee Claims" (p. 1), "Renunciant Wants to Return to Volunteer for U.S. Army" (p. 2), "Contributions of Issei Group to American Life Stressed in JACL Testimony to …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 8 (August 20, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-33)

Selected article titles: "Plan to Initiate Case for New Supreme Court Test of State Alien Land Law in California" (p. 1), "Galen Fisher Initiates Move To Oppose Appointment of Bendetsen to High Army Post" (p. 2), "Ruling Permits Longer Japan Visits by Nisei" (p. 2), "Undertake Study of Adjustment of Former Tuleans in Hawaii" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 36 No. 1 (January 2, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-1)

Selected article titles: "Thorough revision of immigration act recommended to President" (p. 1), "Caution Issei filing for M'Carran law benefits" (p. 1), "Reconstruction of postwar Japan amazing; industry of people stands" (p. 2), "Watsonville veteran refused haircut sets to push court case" (p. 2), "Erasure of racial restrictions from nationality code would be meaningless if delayed …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 38 No. 19 (May 7, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-19)

Selected article titles: "Southwest L.A. girl first candidate for Nat'l CL convention queen title" (p. 1), "Isse-Nisei nurserymen, flower growers ask senate fair treatment for non-profit coops on air shipments" (p. 1), "Speed-up in naturalization of Issei to be urged by JACL" (p. 3), "Nisei indifference of interracial, civic activities rapped by Portland Urban League official; …

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